Welcome and Enjoy!

So a few select folks followed my blog during my pregnancy. It was written mostly to stay in touch with my family as they were so far away for all the "fun". Here is a link to that one if you want to check it out: http://thekendalltrio.blogspot.com/.

Anywho...as I read over a friends blog last night, I thought "I should be blogging again to keep track of what we are up to these days...maybe X will want to read all about it someday."  I'm sure that won't come for a few years (more like 10-15), but since his baby book is still unfinished, might as well start another project left to be unfinished.

Many of the blogs I read come from stay-at-home mom's with multiple children. First off, let me say "I commend and applaud you! But I don't envy you."  You seem to find time to raise multiple children, keep a house tidy, cook multiple meals, get to multiple appointments, get to the gym, bank & hair salon and still be "you" in the midst of all of it...and so many of  you do it while still looking good! I know...I tried it...I sucked at it, so I went back to work full-time. I love what I do, but what I do is still work.  So, this blog is not only a place for me to dump out my random thoughts, rants & raves, tales of the family adventures, but it's also a place for working moms to read about another working mom trying to make it work, keep it altogether and feel sexy at the end of the day just in time to spend 30 minutes with my husband before he heads out to work.

My wonderful husband works the graveyard shift. He loves it...and I try to not complain.  So, while he's sleeping between the hours of 2pm & 10pm and working between 10pm & 8am (between 7am-6pm X is in daycare and I'm at work), I'm a married single mom. I make all the drop-off's/pick-up's happen, I schedule all the appointments (while on my break at work, of course), I cook all the meals (or at least microwave them) and still try to find time to get to the gym, bank & hair salon. NOTE: Keeping the house clean isn't even on my radar, there are only so many hours in the day and I do enjoy a full night sleep.

Our family finds time on Sat & Sun to do "Kendall Family Fun Days" as well as attend church, so we do get quality time together, just not quantity. We treasure these times and try to do new and fun things as often as we can.  I'll post them here to share as they might help other moms with ideas of things to do (with or without the entire family). 

So as this blog grows and my brain dumps become etched in stone (until I chose to delete them), I look forward to capturing my life and time with my family to share with you all!

Cheers!

T